Former president Donald Trump disseminated on social media on Friday an image of President Biden with his hands and feet tied and his mouth gagged.

Former president Donald Trump disseminated on social media on Friday an image of President Biden with his hands and feet tied and his mouth gagged, the latest example of the Republican candidate’s use of increasingly violent rhetoric and imagery this campaign season.

The image can be seen about halfway through a 20-second video that Trump posted on his Truth Social site. The post says it was recorded Thursday on Long Island, where Trump traveled this week to attend a wake for a recently killed police officer.

In the video, two trucks decorated with giant Trump flags and altered American flags are driving on a highway. On the tailgate door of one of the trucks is the image of Biden lying horizontally, bound and gagged.

Trump has a history of sharing and promoting violent images featuring his perceived enemies.

  • proletar_ian@lemmy.ml
    63·
    1 year ago

    Biden has funded a genocide and oversees an government which completely sold out to corporate interests, the military industrial complex, and the prison industrial complex. They watched big pharma kill thousands in the opioid epidemic. They bailed out the banks after the great financial crisis, while the middle class was left to die.

    Every congress member relies on corporate funding for campaigns. They can literally hold stock in the companies they regulate. Those corporations’ interests are completely opposite of the interests of the working class.

    I couldn’t care less if some feckless oaf posts a picture of a US figurehead in such a position.

    • Auzy@beehaw.org
      31·
      11 months ago

      Oh ffs.

      • You really don’t care that the guy who has empowered racists and bigots again, idealises Putin and is clearly going to try to overthrow the government a second time is now VERY clearly setting things up for the next coup?
      • You don’t care that this is clearly a COMPONENT of overthrowing the election
      • Trump hasn’t only made things bad in the US, he’s made thing bad INTERNATIONALLY
      • Trump also is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths in the US due to COVID.
      • Remember when he used to call it “China flu”, explicitly as a shoutout to racists? Every time he even says the word “China”, he says it in some weird way. His own staff has also been fairly open that he was making up stuff during covid on the spot (and it was obvious)
      • Oh, and he is a fan of China permanently electing someone though (ie, dictatorship).
      • The bank crisis was a problem, and internationally, they were all seemingly bailed out. It’s a whataboutism, but you know what helps the economy and workers? Yes, the rich paying taxes, and not lying to banks when getting a loan.
      • They’ve also created a war against Trans people. And it is starting to spread to other countries. I have plenty of Gay, “Woke” and Trans people in my meetup groups. And lots of foreigners. And I honestly have a higher level of respect for them than other people. They’re really good people
      • People like Tate have gained power by Trump’s actions.
      • He’s already attacking our international relations expert / Ex PM (Kevin Rudd) here in Australia in advance. And Kevin Rudd was basically the guy who saved us during Covid because of his negotiating skills and set up AUKUS. Rudd is more qualified than Trump (and, was actually fairly well-liked when he was Prime Minister)

      On the other hand:

      • Speaking of big pharma, sure, what about the guy who is negotiating the price of drug costs to lower them?
      • What about the guys who pushed medical coverage for all (same as we have here in Australia).
      • What about the guy whose own son was ALLOWED by the president to get prosecuted. If you need to see honor, there is likely no harder thing to watch as a parent. In contrast, Trump gave his family members positions of power.
      • Also, if you’re referring to fentanyl, they are targeting now fentanyl now to try to attack it. they’re not “watching”. Fentanyl is a serious problem worldwide.
      • What about the guy who vetoed legislation which would remove protections for some endangered species
      • What about the guy who is actively saving people’s health (and generating jobs), by pushing EV’s.
      • And he’s trying to make US safer by more Gun controls, which he is having trouble getting through.
      • He’s trying to eliminate tax subsidies for Gas and Oil companies, and instead spending that money on renewables
      • He’s reduced inflation…

      The fact is, is Trump wins, things will go from ACCEPTABLE to REALLY BAD internationally. From where I’m watching here in Australia, Biden is doing plenty.

      **AND DEFINITELY VOTE PEOPLE, FOR THE GOOD OF THE ENTIRE PLANET. **

      Do not listen to these Right-Wing nutjobs who are relying on discouraging people from voting next election.

        • Asafum@feddit.nl
          1·
          11 months ago

          By… Religious facists?

          I agree in the most basic way: get wall st power out of government. Buuuut the Republicans are not the way.

        • Auzy@beehaw.org
          01·
          11 months ago

          Consider that doing so is like a toddler having a temper tantrum.

          What are you doing to fix politics? You’re not starting a political party, you’re not doing anything meaningful, you’re not trying to get into office

          You don’t even have any real suggestions on how to fix things or who should be in charge

          Being a keyboard warrior isn’t helpful at all if you feel that way.

          • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            I do at least the bare minimum, and that is not voting for the parties of capital. That is a bar even liberals, the lowest of the low, can’t clear.

    • oxjox@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0·
      11 months ago

      Even given your exaggerations and lies, I’d ecstatically take four more years of this over four more hours of Trump.